Exeter Chiefs continued their build up for the new 2016/17 season with a hard fought 25-19 victory over Ulster Rugby at Sandy Park.
The Aviva Premiership outfit made it two wins from two in pre-season as they followed up last weekend’s comprehensive 45-3 win over the Scarlets with this latest success over their Irish visitors.
In what was the first of three scheduled meetings between the Chiefs and Ulster this season – the duo are set to meet twice in the European Champions Cup – the Devon club kicked off in fine fashion, scoring four tries through Don Armand (pictured),...
SALLY BARKER, SASKIA GRIFFITH MOORE. Two top folk artists in concert. Sally has been at the top of the Folk Music scene as a member of Fotheringay and The Poozies as well as being a well established solo artist. She was also a Finalist on BBC's "The Voice" where she was on Tom Jones's team. Saskia Griffith-Moore is a young singer from the Bristol Area who is rapidly establishing her reputation as a singer/songwriter...."her pensive and positive original songs exhibit a clarity of both thought and expression..."Living Tradition - 2016,"....a fine singer/songwriter....wonderful voice and...
In just three weeks time a TV global audience of millions will tune in to see Devon at its best when the Tour of Britain returns to the county.
In what will be a worldwide showcase for the county on September 9, viewers will be able to watch three hours of live coverage of the Devon Stage of the Tour of Britain.
This year both ITV4 and the BIKE Channel UK will show the race live, while ITV4 will also air a one-hour highlights programme each day.
ITV4’s coverage will be fronted by Matt Barbet and former World Track Champion Rob Hayles, with four-time World Champion...
The charity Action on Hearing Loss has been awarded nearly £400,000 by the Big Lottery Fund to begin delivering vital information support for those with hearing loss in Devon and Cornwall and help reduce social isolation.
With nearly 300,000 people living with hearing loss in the two counties, the project titled ‘Hear to Inform and Support’ will work with local groups in the area such as community clubs and voluntary associations to make them more accessible and ensure that organisations increase their ability to support those with deafness, tinnitus and hearing loss.
Superb strikes from Ryan Harley and Jake Taylor gave Exeter City their first points of the season as they beat Accrington Stanley 2-1 at the Wham Stadium.
The Grecians took the lead with 25 minutes to go, but were pegged back by a goal from former player Arron Davies, before going on to net the winner through Taylor two minutes later.
City manager Paul Tisdale made three changes to the side that lost to Crawley Town on Tuesday. Out went Matt Oakley, Ethan Ampadu and Liam McAliden for Craig Woodman, Connor Riley-Lowe and Troy Brown. Read more at http://bit.ly/2bCILA0
Fallen heroes from the Devon and Ulster Regiments, which served at the Battle of the Somme, are to be remembered ahead of tomorrow’s pre-season rugby friendly between Exeter Chiefs and Ulster Rugby.
A new exhibition is being set up for the day at Sandy Park Stadium, the home of the Chiefs, to remember 3,237 Allied servicemen from the Devon and Ulster regiments who paid the ultimate sacrifice on the first day of battle on July 1, 1916.
In what will be a moving tribute to those killed in battle, the Exeter Suite will not only lay out 3,227 shrouds – 16 per cent of the 19,240...
Rio silver medallist Mark Cavendish will race this year’s Tour of Britain, in what will be his first race after the Olympics.
Tour of Britain organisers have announced the first top riders for this year’s Tour of Britain, with Britain’s record Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish leading the way, alongside fellow top sprinter André Greipel and former UCI World Hour Record holder Rohan Dennis. Cavendish, who has 30 stage victories in the Tour de France, won his first Olympic medal on Tuesday evening, taking Silver in the Omnium track event, and will be targeting the World Road...
For those of you enjoying watching the Olympics you may have seen Exeter School alumna Sara Orchard commentating. The school looks forward to welcoming Sara back to school for Speech Day in September.
Sara joined the Sixth Form in 1998 where she studied Economics, English and Theatre Studies before leaving in 2000 to read Sports Science at Sheffield Hallam University. At school she helped form the girls' rugby team and developed this interest further at university and is a qualified rugby referee and coach.
After graduating, Sara worked in local radio in Devon and then...
Audiences will once again be able to immerse themselves in the wonders of the ocean without getting their feet wet, as the Ocean Film Festival World Tour returns this autumn after last year’s highly acclaimed Tour.
The tour arrives in Exeter on Friday 9 September, at Exeter Corn Exchange.
Originating in Australia, the programme will feature a brand new selection of the world’s most enthralling ocean-themed short films, showing in 30 towns and cities across the UK.
The Ocean Film Festival World Tour showcases over two hours of sublime footage taken above and below...
The evolution of the first land plants including mosses may explain a long-standing mystery of how Earth’s atmosphere became enriched with oxygen, according to an international study led by the University of Exeter.
Oxygen in its current form first appeared in Earth’s atmosphere some 2.4 billion years ago, in an incident known as the Great Oxidation Event. However, it was not until roughly 400 million years ago that this vital compound first approached modern levels in the atmosphere. This shift steered the trajectory of life on Earth and researchers have long debated how oxygen...
